Heavy on features, light on complexity
Slides is incredibly easy to use but the platform is also packed with functionality that we think you'll love. Let us tell you about some of our favorite features.
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Always With You
The Slides editor is available right in your browser. All of your work is stored securely on our servers, accessible wherever you are.
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Viewable Everywhere
Presentations works on any device. Use your keyboard/mouse to navigate on a computer, or swipe through slides on a phone.
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Vertical Slides Preview
Add optional slides below your main content. These vertical slides can easily be stepped through or skipped when presenting.
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Private Decks Preview
Your presentations are private by default. You can choose to publish them at anytime to share publicly.
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Share Publicly Preview
Sharing a presentation is as easy as sharing a link. Public presentations can be commented on and liked. Explore public presentations.
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Share Privately Preview
Create any number of named private links to your decks, track if they have been opened and revoke access at any time.
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Password Protection Preview
Set a password that viewers will need to enter in order to view your presentation.
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Embed
Your presentations can be embedded on other pages. Pro users can also export to HTML and host the presentation themselves.
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Analytics
Learn how your content is performing and where traffic is coming from with our Google Analytics integration.
Editing
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Media Library Preview
All media that you upload is available in your personal media library. Team members also have access to a shared library.
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Slide Templates Preview
Save any slide as a template for easy reuse. Teams have access to a shared library of slide templates.
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Iframe Preview
Include content from other services like YouTube, Vimeo and Google Maps. Embedded content is interactive right within the presentation.
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Search Unsplash & GIPHY Preview
Select freely from hundreds of thousands of high quality GIFs and photos to use in your presentation.
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SVG
Upload and insert SVG images in your presentation. This is an excellent way to ensure your content looks crisp no matter the display size. View example.
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Video
Upload and play videos in your slides. We automatically convert the video to a standard format to ensure it can play anywhere.
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Tables Preview
Easily show tabular data using the Table content block.
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Forking
Public presentations on Slides can be forked, meaning you can use other people's layout and design as templates for your content.
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Style Presets
There's a wide variety of themes and transitions to pick from to make sure things look and move the way you want them.
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Typekit & Google Fonts
Use custom fonts from Typekit, Google Fonts or your own host.
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Animations
Control how and when each individual element on your slide appears.
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Fragments Preview
Break a slide into multiple "fragments" to reveal it step-by-step. Control how each step animates.
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Custom CSS
Use the CSS editor to completely customize your presentation. Previews in real-time for a seamless experience.
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Edit HTML
Decks are stored as HTML documents, so you can always edit the markup and customize to your needs.
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Syntax Highlighted Code Preview
Show code samples within your slides using the Code Block. Supports multiple colors and styles.
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Math Formulas Preview
Easily display beautifully rendered math formulas inside of your presentations. View example.
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Revision History Preview
Made a mistake? No problem. We automatically store a history of your saved changes so that you can roll back anytime.
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Import from PDF/PPT
Point us to a PDF/PPT file and we'll import it to the Slides editor, from there you can easily share and present it to anyone.
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Auto-slide/Kiosk Mode
Make your presentation auto-play through its slides. Combine with our Loop setting for an infinite presentation.
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Flexible Resolution
Full control over the resolution of your presentation. Pick from 16:9, 4:3, portrait, or enter a custom size.
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Layout Grid Preview
The editor grid makes it easy to keep your designs balanced and aligned.
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Drag to Select Preview
Click + drag to select multiple content blocks and use multi-select layout options to position them.
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Context Menu Preview
Right-click any content block to reveal a list of contextual options.
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Shuffle Slides
Turn on the "Shuffle Slides" option to randomize the order of slides each time a deck loads.
Presenting
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Present Live
Broadcast your presentations to an audience of any size. Viewers can follow along in real-time from any device, anywhere in the world.
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Live Cursor Preview
Show your cursor and clicks to all viewers in real-time. Think of it like a digital laser pointer.
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Live Edits Preview
Edits made to your deck during a live presentation are immediately visible to all viewers.
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Speaker Notes
Write speaker notes for your slides to make sure the presentation stays on point.
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Speaker View Preview
A dedicated view for the presenter. Includes your notes, a preview of the upcoming slide as well as the elapsed and current time.
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Annotated Slides Preview
Speaker notes are private by default, but you can opt-in to showing them next to your slides to give viewers more context.
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Remote Control Preview
Presentations can be remote controlled from any touch-enabled mobile device. Tap your phone and see the presentation update on the big screen.
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Present Offline
We understand the need to work offline so we provide an easy-to-use method for exporting your presentations.
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PDF Export
Export any presentation to PDF at the click of a button. Great for printing.
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Dropbox
Automatically sync your work on Slides to Dropbox so that you have an offline copy, and backup, of your most recent changes wherever you go.
Teams & Enterprise
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Custom Domain
Your team exists on a subdomain like acme.slides.com. This subdomain doesn't have any Slides branding.
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Team Homepage
Browse and search for presentations created by your team members on the homepage.
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Collaborate Preview
With Collaborate on Slides it's incredibly easy to invite others to edit your presentations. Comments are made on the active slide so that context is always tracked.
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Theme Editor Preview
Create any number of custom presentation themes that the whole team has access to. Select a default for all new presentations.
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Shared Media Library Preview
Upload and organize a shared library of logos, images, videos and other assets. No more searching for the right content to use.
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Shared Slide templates Preview
Admins can save slide templates that all members have easy access to when inserting a new slide.
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Copy Each Other's Decks
Team members can easily copy each other's decks. This is great for sharing presentation templates.
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Analytics
Team admins can use our Google Analytics integration to learn where traffic is coming and how presentations are viewed.
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SSO using Google Apps
Let your team members join the Team at their own convenience without any sending individual invites. Learn more.
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Team Member Management Preview
Easily invite new members, deactivate existing accounts or change member roles from the team members page.
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Unified Billing
Pay for the number of members you add. Easily deactivate accounts to cut down costs.
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Available On-premise
Slide is available on-premise for enterprise customers. Contact us for more info.
Developers
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Developer Mode
If you know some HTML and CSS you can enable the editor's developer mode to gain access to advanced features. Read more.
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Define API Preview
We have an API for creating prefilled presentations. Read the docs.
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Open Source
Presentations on Slides are powered by the reveal.js HTML presentation framework. Exported presentations can be self-hosted and customized down to the last line of JS.